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kodomo · 04-22-2012, 07:41 PM

@Booxtor: I just found a couple of lines in onyx's watchdog.sh script that have me a bit worried...

There's a 32MB partition mounted as /root where config DBs and web history are stored... along with the scribble notes.

Now watchdog.sh checks for free space in /root ... when it finds it too low, it successively deletes the web_browser.db, notes_template... and... notes .

I find it a _very_ bad idea to store user data in a location a watchdog script risks sweeping...

04-22-2012, 07:41 PM	#488
kodomo M92 info archivist Posts: 238 Karma: 1398 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: IRex Iliad 2nd ed., Onyx Boox M92, Onyx Boox Max Lumi	notes live a dangerous life... @Booxtor: I just found a couple of lines in onyx's watchdog.sh script that have me a bit worried... There's a 32MB partition mounted as /root where config DBs and web history are stored... along with the scribble notes. Now watchdog.sh checks for free space in /root ... when it finds it too low, it successively deletes the web_browser.db, notes_template... and... notes . I find it a _very_ bad idea to store user data in a location a watchdog script risks sweeping...